Question

Ryanair provides cheap flights in Europe but prides itself on their on-time record. Ryanair quotes a flight time of 2 hours, 5 minutes. Suppose we believe that actual flight times are uniformly distributed between 2 hours and 2 hours, 20 minutes.

What is the expected flight time in minutes?

Answer 1

Answer:

The expected flight time is 2 hours 10 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$a = 2\ hours$

$b = 2\ hours\ 20\ mins$

Required

The expected flight time

To do this, we simply calculate the mean using:

$Mean = \frac{a + b}{2}$

So, we have:

$Mean = \frac{2\ hours + 2\ hours\ 20\ mins}{2}$

$Mean = \frac{4\ hours\ 20\ mins}{2}$

$Mean = 2\ hours\ 10\ mins$